Lagos

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Lagos

Total population

19,347

Air quality index

30Good

Coordinates37.10°, -8.67°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lagos is a city and municipality in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, southern Portugal, situated at the mouth of the Bensafrim River along the Atlantic Ocean. As of the March 2021 census, the municipality had a population of 33,494 across an area of 212.99 km². The coastal area is densely populated and oriented toward tourism and services, while the inland region is sparsely inhabited with an economy based largely on agriculture and forestry. The population increases significantly during summer months due to tourism.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Gil Eanes

Portuguese explorer

D

Diogo Amado

Portuguese footballer

José Sebastião de Almeida Neto

Catholic cardinal (1841−1920)

Diogo Gomes

Portuguese navigator and explorer

Júlio Dantas

Portuguese writer (1876–1962)

Pedro de Sintra

Portuguese explorer

Nuno Júdice

Portuguese writer (1949–2024)

Diogo Viana

Portuguese footballer

L

Lançarote de Freitas

Portuguese explorer

J

José Pereira Pinto

Brazilian politician

A

Anatólio Falé

Portuguese musician

Diana Silveira

Portuguese singer

G

Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira

Archbishop of Goa

H

Hélder Lourenço

Portuguese footballer

P

Paulo Galvão

Portuguese musician

Soeiro da Costa

Portuguese nobleman and navigator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Faro

• Espiche
  3.5 mi away · pop. 939
• Bensafrim
  5 mi away · pop. 952
• Barão de São João
  6.3 mi away · pop. 370
• Barão de São Miguel
  6.7 mi away
• Vale de Boi
  7.8 mi away · pop. 83
• Parchal
  8.9 mi away · pop. 1,523
• Figueira
  9.6 mi away · pop. 196
• Raposeira
  12 mi away · pop. 293
• Bordeira
  12.2 mi away · pop. 34
• Lagoa
  12.3 mi away · pop. 6,010
• Vila do Bispo
  13.1 mi away · pop. 742
• Carrapateira
  13.5 mi away · pop. 144

Browse all places in Faro →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lagos

A garota do lago

Charlie Donlea · 2017

Roman Portugal, Fascicle 3

Jorge de Alarcao · 1988

Hildebrand's Urlaubskarte: Algarve 1:100 000, Costa Do Estoril 1:400 000, Sudportugal 1:500 000, Stadtplane Von Faro, Lagos, Portimao, Albufeira, (Europe)

Karto · 1989

Inventário artístico do Algarve

Francisco I. C. Lameira · 1989

Caligola

Giuseppina Ghini · 2013

Charlas con Adolfo 1958

German Diograzia · 2014

Lettura della "Gerusalemme liberata"

Franco Tomasi · 2005

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

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